Fly tying and fly fishing master and longtime Boulder resident Archie Kenneth “A.K.” Best died on Aug. 20 in Boulder at 92 years old.

How to Set It Up The key to a good dry dropper rig is making sure that your two flies work well together. If you’re going to fish a beadhead nymph, make sure to use a bigger dry fly that can ...

From setting up a vise to gathering materials, here's everything you need to tie a basic fly ...

A dry dropper is a two-fly rig that combines a dry fly and either a nymph or emerger, allowing you to fish on the surface and subsurface at the same time.

Fly tying and football season go together like peanut butter and jelly. For me and many fly tyers in the valley, not much is better than setting up a vise in front of a TV screen with a football ga… ...

Sometimes the best fly to use is a fly that you’ll never find in a fly shop. When I tie a new pattern, I usually hand out a couple to friends for a test run. Whether it’s a little simple midge, a ...

Puterbaugh’s Foam-Bodied caddis stands proudly as the best dry fly for my fishing on the Eagle River. The fly comes in a selection of foam-body colors from tan or olive to black and — the best color — ...

If we are going to pick a fly that's worked before, then let me provide you with a list of flies that consistently work and have earned a reputation as flies to fish when you don't know what to fish.